Investment adviser Ramius Fund of Funds Group has appointed Stuart Davies as a managing director and chief investment officer, effective 20 January 2009.

Alternative investment manager Marathon Asset Management has announced the appointment of five additional partners.

Eight new partners have been made up at the offshore law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels.

US-based law firm Morrison & Foerster has announced that ten lawyers have been elected to the partnership as of 1 January.

Eurex Repo and Eurex Bonds have announced changes in the management team of both companies.

Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has appointed Fred Jacobs as vice president and head of global sales fo

New York-based prime brokerage risk manager S3 Partners has appointed Thomas Tesauro as a managing director responsible for the firm’s collateral management and financing desks.

Schulte Roth & Zabel International has announced that Josh Dambacher, who is based in the firm’s London office, has been elected a partner of the firm as of 1 January 2009.

Tri-Artisan Partners, a privately held merchant bank engaged in principal investment and corporate finance advisory activities, has appointed Suzanne Murphy as managing director for fun

Gottex Fund Management, an independent alternative asset management group, has announced changes to its senior management organisation.